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NEW! Nonprofit Vote website offers comprehensive information for nonpartisan nonprofits. |
- How Nonprofits Helped America Vote: 2006
- New Online Voter Registration Tool for Nonprofits from ROCK THE VOTE
- Review state plans
Inspect your state’s election plan and decide where your organization can help.
- Register voters
Voter registration is a common non-partisan activity for nonprofits than can make a big difference on Election Day.
- Prepare voters for election day
Getting voters prepared for Election Day will minimize confusion and disenfranchisement at the polls.
- Get out the vote (GOTV)
Nonprofits can legally engage in get-out-of-the-vote activities that can have a real impact on voter turnout on Election Day because of the special relationship nonprofits have with many disengaged voters
- Educate voters on candidates and ballot measures
While nonprofits cannot work on behalf of or against candidates, there are a number of voter education activities they can legally engage in to ensure voters are fully informed when they cast their ballots.
- Recruit poll workers & election day observers
Skilled poll workers are in demand and nonprofits can help the democratic process by being a part of the poll worker recruitment process.
- Debunk the myth of voter fraud
Voter fraud —purposeful corruption of the election process by voters — is rare. Claims of voter fraud are used to promote laws that restrict voting. Nonprofits can raise awareness that voter fraud is a myth.
- Fight voter suppression
Nonprofits are leading the charge to protect voters' rights and the integrity of the electoral process. State and local groups have partnered with national organizations to challenge new laws and regulations that inhibit peoples' ability to register and vote.